TextFilesHandling/Join-ObjectsTxtFile.ps1
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function Join-ObjectsTxtFile { <# .SYNOPSIS Joins all .txt files from a specified directory to a single .txt file .DESCRIPTION Joins all the files in the specified directory including the files from all subdirectories of the specified directory .EXAMPLE Join-ObjectsTxtFile -SourcePath ~/MyProject/Apps -Destination ~/MyProject/allObjects.txt .NOTES The function includes all .txt files. It does not include any other text files like .md. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( # Directory where the .txt objects are stored [string] $SourcePath = './Apps', # Path to the file where the joint objects will be saved [string] $Destination = './objects.txt' ) if (SourcesInSubfolders($SourcePath)) { $objectFilesContent = JoinObjectsFromSubfolders($SourcePath) } else { $objectFilesContent = JoinObjectsFromFolder($SourcePath) } $objectFilesContent | Set-Content -Path $Destination -Encoding Oem } function SourcesInSubfolders($SourcePath) { $sourceFileList = Get-Item (Join-Path $SourcePath '*.txt') return ($null -eq $sourceFileList) } function JoinObjectsFromSubfolders($SourcePath) { $objects = @() $subfolders = Get-ChildItem -Path $SourcePath -Directory foreach($subfolder in $subfolders){ $subfolderPath = Join-Path $SourcePath $subfolder $objects += JoinObjectsFromFolder($subfolderPath) } return $objects } function JoinObjectsFromFolder($SourcePath) { $objects = Get-Item -Path (Join-Path $SourcePath "*.txt") | Get-Content -Encoding Oem return $objects } Export-ModuleMember -Function Join-ObjectsTxtFile |